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When the aircraft goes supersonic, the engine functions like a turbojet, with combustion going active to produce high-velocity thrust.
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New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025
The company is also promoting a glide variant of its Spear missile, replacing the turbojet with a kinetic penetrator for a lower-cost option.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
Unlike most subsequent commercial aircraft, the plane had its engines, four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, molded elegantly into the wing itself rather than in pods attached below it.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
The sides fell from the packing crate, and the Roadrunner, a squat device that looked a little like a penguin, was propelled upward by two turbojets.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025
The company is also promoting a glide variant of its Spear missile, replacing the turbojet with a kinetic penetrator for a lower-cost option.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
Unlike most subsequent commercial aircraft, the plane had its engines, four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, molded elegantly into the wing itself rather than in pods attached below it.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
The sides fell from the packing crate, and the Roadrunner, a squat device that looked a little like a penguin, was propelled upward by two turbojets.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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“Turbojet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turbojet. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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turbojet
noun
tur·bo·jet
ˈtər-bō-ˌjet 
: an airplane powered by turbojet engines
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